Improvement in clothes-driers



J; 'K. MILLER. Clothes-Drier.

No. 199,731. Patented Jan. 29, 1878,

INVENTOR M ATTORNEYS.

UNITED STATESPATENT OFFICE.

JOHN K. MILLER, OF PLEASANT HILL, MISSOURI.

IMPROVEMENT IN CLOTHES-DRIERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 199,731, dated January29, 1878; application filed September 29, 1877.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN K. MILLER, of Pleasant Hill, in the county ofCass and State of Missouri, have invented a new and useful Improvementin Combined Clothes-Back, Got, Swing, 850., of which the following is aspecification:

Referring to the accompanying drawings, forming part of thisspecification, Figure 1 is a side view of my improved device, and Fig. 2is a front view of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The object of this invention is to furnish an improved rack which shallbe so constructed that it may be adjusted for use as a clotheshorse, aswing, a cot, and for various other uses, and which shall be simple inconstruction and convenient in use in either capacity.

The invention will first be described in connection with the drawings,and then pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, A and B are the side bars of the two parts of the rack.The side barsA are connected at their lower ends by a round, a, and attheir upper ends by a round, a. The side bars B are connected at theirlower ends by a round, I), at such a distance apart that their upperends may be placed upon the projecting ends of the round a To the outeredges of each of the side bars AB are attached. four (more or less)hooks or open keepers, (l, to receive the bars D, upon which the clothesare hung.

To the outer ends of the round a are attached the ends of the swingingbars E, in the lower ends of which are formed holes 0, to receive thepins F.

To the inner edges of the side bars B are hinged the ends of two bars,G, in which are formed a number of holes, g, to receive the pins F. Inthe sides. of the side bars A are formed holes a, to receive the pins F.

H are bars, exactly like the bars D, but which have the ends of a sheet,I, of canvas attached to them. When the device is to be used as a cotthe bars H are placed in the lower keepers G, and are secured in placeby pins J inserted in holes a in the outer edges of the bars A B, justabove the said bars H.

To the end parts of the round a are attached the ends of a rope, K, fora swing, to which any convenient seat k may be applied. One end of therope K should be loose, so that it maybe slipped to the other end, toleave the round a free to adapt it for use as a horizontal bar forgymnastic exercises. L are wires, which are passed through holes d inthree or more of the bars 1), to adapt the device for use in countryweaving as a broach-rack. k are rings attached to the rope K, to enablea baby-holder to be attached to it.

The rack, adjusted as shown in Fig. 1, is used as a clothesrack, and itsbase can be widened or narrowed by adjusting the pins F from one toanother of the holes g. With this adjustment it can also be used as ascaffold or drying-table by placing boards upon the bars I). By passingthe pins 13 through the holes 6' in the swinging bars E and the outerholes g of the hinged bars G, and spreading the base until the lowerends of the bars E rest upon the ground, a scaffold or rack for dryingbeds and other similar uses is produced.

Having thus described my invention, 1 claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent 1. The rack consisting of two frames, A B, pivotedtogether at top, adjustable to different distances apart by hingedspacing-bars G, and provided with open keepers G, as and for the purposespecified.

2. The combination of the canvas I and bars H with the bars A B, thehooks G, and the hinged bars G, substantially as herein shown anddescribed.

JOHN KENNY MILLER.

Witnesses:

W. W. FATE, HENRY OORDELL.

